Scaled Electricity Storage Using Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

一项革命性的新电池技术制造商OXIS Energy和圣安德鲁斯大学联手展示了一种新的电池概念，用于存储电网规模的电量。通过使用一种新的电池配置来利用OXIS Energy的核心“锂硫”技术，合作希望展示一种能够在大规模运行的新的能量存储技术。OXIS Energy将制造、开发和测试电池的关键液体成分--电解液。这将被提供给圣安德鲁斯大学，圣安德鲁斯大学将利用它来开发一种被称为氧化还原液流电池的新型电池设计。通过将这两个要素结合起来，该项目将展示一种新电池技术的商业可行性，该技术能够从一个600万个集装箱大小的设备中提供数兆瓦的电能，持续数小时。这种可能具有成本效益的新型电网规模电池有望在有效地将间歇性可再生能源连接到电网方面发挥关键作用，提高供应安全，同时减少消费者账单和碳排放。

OXIS Energy, a manufacturer of a revolutionary new battery technology, and the University of St Andrews have joined together to demonstrate a new battery concept for the storage of grid-scale quantities of electricity. By exploiting OXIS Energy's core "lithium-sulfur" technology using a novel battery configuration the collaboration hopes to demonstrate a new energy storage technology capable of operating at vast scales. OXIS Energy will manufacture, develop and test the critical liquid component of the battery, the Electrolyte. This will be supplied to the University of St Andrews who will use it to develop a novel battery design known as a Redox Flow Battery. By combining these two elements, the project will demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a new battery technology capable of supplying several megawatts of electrical energy, for several hours, from a device the size of a 6m shipping container. This new and potentially cost effective grid scale battery promises to play a critical role in efficiently connecting intermittent renewables to the grid, increasing security of supply while simultaneously reducing consumer bills and carbon emissions.